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Evaluation of psychometric properties of persian version of quality of life of stroke caregivers

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Background

Patients with stroke need complete care due to physical and mental problems and prevention of exacerbation of symptoms. The quality of life of caregivers of these patients is affected by full-time care. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the adult carers quality of life questionnaire (AC-QoL) on stroke caregivers.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, the original scale was translated as forward-backward method. Face and content validity were performed qualitatively. In construct validity, 358 caregivers with a mean age of 36.32 ± 8.42 years were included in the study. Exploratory factor analysis was performed by maximum likelihood method and Promax rotation. Internal consistency was assessed with Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald omega coefficients.

Results

In exploratory factor analysis, 7 factors were extracted of caring choice, sense of value, personal growth, support of caring, ability to care, money matter and carer satisfaction extracted, which together explained 41.04% of the total variance. The alpha coefficient of all items was 0.899. Cronbach alpha and McDonald omega coefficients for all dimensions of the questionnaire were above 0.7.

Conclusions

The Persian version of the AC-QoL is valid for caregivers of patients with stroke and can be used in future studies.

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The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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Acknowledgements

The researchers would like to express their gratitude to the Deputy of Research of the Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences for acceptance, and approval of this research project. We also thank all the participants in this study. Thanks to all the patients and caregivers participating in this study, to Stephen Joseph for his scientific support, and to Aylin Ghanei Gheshlagh for her cooperation in translating this article.

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This study was funded by the Kurdistan University of Medical sciences. The funding body had no role in the design of the study, data collection, and interpretation of result or in writing of the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

    Samira Rouhi Safaei & Samira Vash

  2. Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research Center, Addiction Institute, Amol Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

    Hamid Sharif Nia

  3. Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Life Style Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Abbas Ebadi

  4. Community-Oriented Nursing Midwifery Research Center, Nursing and Midwifery School, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran

    Ali Hasanpour Dehkordi

  5. Spiritual Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

    Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh

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SR and SV: data collection and manuscript preparation; RGG: manuscript preparation and study conceptualization; AHD: study design; RGG and HSN: final revision and grammar editing; AE and HSN: statistical analysis.

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This study is the result of a research project approved by the ethics committee of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences (IR.MUK.REC.1399.225). Before starting the study, the objectives of the study were explained to the participants and their consent to participate in the study was obtained. The distribution of the questionnaires was anonymous and the participants were assured that the information was confidential.

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Rouhi Safaei, S., Vash, S., Sharif Nia, H. et al. Evaluation of psychometric properties of persian version of quality of life of stroke caregivers. Qual Quant 57, 4959–4969 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-022-01486-7

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